7024 Chemical Biology

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This eight-week course will explore the use of chemical techniques to the investigation and manipulation of biological systems. The first two week will provide a broad overview of the fundamental principles of organic structures, reactions and mechanism, as well as methods and applications of organic synthesis. The week 36 will provide a survey of chemical approaches to the investigation of biological systems. The 78 week will consist of student presentations. Students will be divided into small groups. Each group will be assigned with a primary research article that is a landmark in the field and represent a specific technique or biological problem.